mingle-mangle1
/ˈmɪŋɡlˌmaŋɡl/(also mingle mangle)
noun
A mixture, a mishmash; a confused medley of things, ideas, persons, etc.
adjective
Made up of a mingle-mangle or hotchpotch; jumbled, muddled. Now rare.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Hugh Latimer (c1485–1555), bishop of Worcester, preacher, and protestant martyr. Reduplication (with vowel variation) of mingle; compare mangle.
mingle-mangle2
/ˈmɪŋɡlˌmaŋɡl/verb
[with object] To make a mingle-mangle or confused mixture of; to jumble, to muddle. Usually in pass.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Miles Coverdale (1488–1569), Bible translator and bishop of Exeter. From mingle-mangle; compare mingle, mangle.